Why teens fight their parents so much?

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 5:58 pm

Im just curious about why teenagers fight with their parents almost all the time. It may not apply to some teenagers, but im sure most of us here, or teenagers else where, have quarreled with our parents. Is there a mythical reason behind it?? I'm just want to see how some of us think on this issue

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:32 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:55 pm

^ useless post Anywho we fight with our parents for many reasons. Conficting views is the main one I fight with. <div style="text-align:center"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historyofkingsisland"><img src="http://www.unitedanime.com/degen78/2003.jpg" style="border:0;"alt="Winterfest 2003"/> </a>   oO ChibiYosho Oo: Its Rolercorterieie.   Bad mods, bad mods. Whatchagonnado? Whatchagonnado when they're editting you... - A 'Hingamy do 'Hicky </div>

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:56 pm

I used to fight with my parents a bunch, but I consider myself to have been an idiot then. In the process of maturing, I ended up not fighting with my parents much anymore. And can you change your icon to be your personal picture? It's rather large to be by the side of your name, but fine for being under your name. :D <div style="text-align:center">Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon</div>

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:08 pm

This truly depends on the person... But mostly the reason is that the kid, while growing up has a world limited by its parents. The laws, the rules, the limits, the way things work are all regulated by the parents. When getting older, those limits, rules, laws are pushed further as the kid's world expands. No longer are you restricted to your house. The kid wants to experience more/new things and his world is expanding. Not all that the parents' rules/laws are able to hold up anymore. It is in an attempt to define the new limits that the kids are arguing over everything. It is a way that we use to see how far you can go before getting in trouble or danger. Society will mostly dictate how far you can go and if you go too far, police, security officer, will bring you back. The role of setting limits are now in the hands of society and its law enforcing units, instead of your parents. Once again, good communication is the best way to avoid conflicts. Most of the experiences are new to the kid and the parents probably went through them already and know how to handle them. Tyipcal scenario: Teenager: I want to do this!!! Parent: You can't. Teenager: But you don't understand. Parent: I do. Teenager: No you don't!!! Parent: I want to help you, because I know what's best for you. ...I think that if I was a parent one day, I'd just add to the last part that I once went through the same situation, just so my kid can relate to me better... ^_^ That's my best theory.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:26 pm

Parents usually forget how they acted when they were kids though. In order to mature, you need to experience different situations on your own. Parents who are overprotective usually end up screwing their child over in the real world because the child has no clue how to function properly in different situations with others. <div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://www.dimensionalstars.com/manaicon.jpg" style="border:0;"alt="For the victory over DTM!"/> <a href="http://pub39.ezboard.com/bdabestmessageboard" target="top">Get down limitless night</a></div>

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:03 pm

I don't agree with the "try it to see by yourself" technique. It's the lazy way out. Lots of kids get into real problems that way, instead of finding their own answers, they just find more problems. I was not blind when I was a teenager. My parents were not blind either. Simply by sitting with me, they'd explain things out clearly and showed the good and bad aspects of this or that situation. I then made the decision if I wanted to go through with whatever things I wanted to do. I appreciate much more that open-mindedness, level of trust and communication, instead of having them shut up and let me try things out blindingly. It's much more efficient on every aspect. And I do not believe in the screwing their own kids up if the parents are there to support them. I never saw any such kids. Give me an example.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:08 pm

I think you misunderstood me. Talking about the positive and negative points of the situation are always *goodness*, especially letting the child make the decision on his/her own. What I'm saying is that some parents don't even bother to listen to what their child is feeling and the child's reasoning on why they should make a different decision. WWB and her mother are a *greatness* example of this problem. Her mother is VERY overprotective. It's one thing to be protective of your child and to look out for their well-being, but you have to let them learn how to deal on their own. If you shelter your child for most of their life and they finally go out into the real world on their own without having any experience at all, do you really think they're going to be able to handle that? <div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://www.dimensionalstars.com/manaicon.jpg" style="border:0;"alt="For the victory over DTM!"/> <a href="http://pub39.ezboard.com/bdabestmessageboard" target="top">Get down limitless night</a></div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=xxgoddessryokoxx>Xx Goddess Ryoko xX</A> at: 1/5/03 10:09:20 pm

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:20 am

Well ..when you're 18 years old ..and you have a parent who freaks out if you get letters or phone calls from anyone they don't know ...even though the people who contact you are friends ...and anyone who knows me even relatively well knows I'm too suspicious to contact wierdos ..-.- ... I so need some freedom. I feel almost like WWB. Except without the psycho parent who wants to destroy all things anime. I wanna go out to a damn movie when I feel like it!!! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"> *reads GR's post* ...*sweatdrop* ..Just call me little miss sheltered ..o.o;; <hr /><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://villageanime.com"><img src="http:// http://www.villageanime.com/zoids/rpg/Ryokoback.jpg" style="border:0;"/></a></div> <div style="text-align:center">"People who have lost their hopes are easy to control. And whoever has the control.. has the power." - Gmork, Neverending Story  <a href="http://pub49.ezboard.com/banimecommunity71285">AnimeCommunity</a> <a href="http://pub92.ezboard.com/bmidnightlagoonmessageboard">Midnight Lagoon</a></div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=xryokomuyox>X Ryoko Muyo X</A> <IMG SRC="http://villageanime.com/zoids/rpg/ryo.gif" BORDER=0> at: 1/5/03 11:22:37 pm

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 1:22 am

well, some parents are crazy...

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:17 am

Oh! I see! Well, maybe your parents were over protective from what I here... Mine were just protective... But keep in mind this as well... It's always more dangerous for a girl to be out there than a guy. Try to understand your parents. They don't act like they do for nothing. What they're truly after is to ensure that you guys last as long as you can. But the movie part is extreme...

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:49 am

I know that I haw said that I haw left this board and that I wont come back and so on... And trust me I am really sorry for what I did and that I posted it on the board *head bangs wall* well I only wanton say something in this topic that is all and if it makes any one piss of or anything I am sorry but well her is the thing I wanton say.... well I cant say that Drunkn Taichi Master is wrong or that he is right eider.... I cant remember how many times I haw got my ribs Bach to @#%$ and how close I haw ben to end up at the cemetery.... I gess that none of you girls have gone trough that and I hope that you wont do it eder I don't say that you have it easy in any way but I don't think you go trough the same kind of troubles you got trough the psykik troubles the most you take more of the damage on the inside when we boys takes it on the outside (body damage) well I don't know if I am right abut this or anything and I don't say it is this way it is only what I thing and if I am wrong tell me I have no idea really and I am open to any corrections you may haw... Well it may be harder for boys to be out their in the "free" world all the gangs that will @#%$ up your life if they get the chance.... And my parents.... Well my mom didn't do anything ells then yell at me from the second I wake up to the second I went to bed but for that she had a good reason she was mentally ill that was the reason she hated me all the time and I gees that is why she never haw tech me anything in my life so far... And my father well he docent care if I die or not.... hmmmm well he wold be really happy if I did die.... Or now when I think on it he want me to die.... He even buy alcohol when he knows that I haw trouble whit it and when I am taking anti depressive and anti anger pills I am not on those pills now but I still go to anger classes.... I don't know if any one of you really cares abut me and what I am saying now but well that is my life story in short so far.... If any one of you wanton know anything more abut why I did the things I did you are free to ask me and If you can find it in your harts and in your minds to forgive me I wold love to get back to the board... plz trust me I haw change allot sins I did that dumb prank trust me I haw got my mind set straight agen.... Well maby I will talk to you agen maby not it is all up to you...... Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=framer@tenchimuyo79943>FRAMER</A> at: 1/6/03 12:57:02 pm

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 1:03 pm

You know, the reasons that parents act the way they do is that the can remember how they thought when their brains were overloaded on horomones. They remember all the dope and alcohol pushed around where they hung out. They try to protect you kids from those dangers. All to often the parents forget that if they teach kids to say no to drugs and alcohol, and teach them the consequences for saying yes, that some day when the need arises, the children will be able to "just say no". You can't keep kids shut in for life. I think that the super over protective parents realize to late that they have not instilled good morals and try to make up for it buy shutting kids in. But, in doing that, the kids lose out on life.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:20 pm

Jeez. I would think my parent would know I'm not the experimenting type already -.- .. <hr /><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://villageanime.com"><img src="http:// http://www.villageanime.com/zoids/rpg/Ryokoback.jpg" style="border:0;"/></a></div> <div style="text-align:center">"People who have lost their hopes are easy to control. And whoever has the control.. has the power." - Gmork, Neverending Story  <a href="http://pub49.ezboard.com/banimecommunity71285">AnimeCommunity</a> <a href="http://pub92.ezboard.com/bmidnightlagoonmessageboard">Midnight Lagoon</a></div>

**Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:53 pm

..my feeling is that if [your parent thinks you're / you're] mature enough, then you should be allowed to do whatever, as you're capable of making an intelligent decision. If you just want to be free and "experience" life, then you're obviously not alone, but you're incapable of making an intelligent decision when all you end up doing is wasting your life with drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. I feel that parents should be very liberal, but to a point--it's a horrible decision if they're letting the kids act like jackasses for fun, to "experience," when they're obviously not learning anything when they're being irresponsible morons!! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"> <div style="text-align:center">Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon Spanish bombs, yo te quierro infinito Yo te querda, oh mi corazon</div>

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